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  • 81 fault

    [fɔ:lt, Am also fɑ:lt] n
    1) no pl ( responsibility) Schuld f;
    it's all your \fault das ist ganz allein deine Schuld, nur du bist schuld daran;
    it's your own \fault du bist selbst schuld daran;
    it's the \fault of the judicial system that cases take so long to come to trial es liegt am Rechtssystem, dass Fälle so spät zur Verhandlung kommen;
    to find \fault with sb/ sth etw an jdm/etw auszusetzen haben;
    the \fault lies in sth es liegt an etw dat, etw ist schuld;
    the \fault lies with sb/ sth die Schuld liegt bei jdm/etw;
    the \fault lay with the organizers Schuld hatten die Organisatoren;
    to be at \fault die Schuld tragen, schuld sein;
    through no \fault of sb's own ohne jds eigenes Verschulden, unverschuldet
    2) ( weakness) Fehler m, Schwäche f;
    we all have \faults wir haben alle unsere Fehler;
    our electoral system has its \faults unser Wahlsystem hat seine Schwächen;
    she was generous to a \fault sie war zu großzügig;
    a \fault in sb's character jds Charakterfehler m;
    his/her main \fault seine/ihre größte Schwäche
    3) ( mistake) Fehler m
    4) ( defect) Fehler m, Defekt m;
    there seems to be a \fault on the line es scheint eine Störung in der Leitung zu geben;
    electrical/technical \fault elektrischer/technischer Defekt, elektrische/technische Störung
    5) geol ( rift) Verwerfung f
    6) tennis Fehler m;
    double \fault Doppelfehler m;
    foot \fault Fußfehler m;
    to call a \fault einen Fehler anzeigen;
    \fault called! Fehler! vt
    to \fault sb/ sth [einen] Fehler an jdm/etw finden;
    you can't \fault her arguments gegen ihre Argumente ist nichts einzuwenden;
    you can't \fault him on his logic an seiner Logik ist nichts auszusetzen vi tennis
    to \fault [on sth] [bei etw dat] einen Fehler machen

    English-German students dictionary > fault

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